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Violence at Bangui high school leaves several injured

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Violence linked to a dispute over a telephone left several students and law-enforcement officers injured at Lycée des Martyrs in Bangui. Central African Republic Education Minister Aurélien Simplice Zingas condemned the incident and called for calm, according to Centra News.

Violence linked to the alleged theft of a telephone left several students and law-enforcement officers injured at Lycée des Martyrs in Bangui on Wednesday 4 November. Central African Republic Education Minister Aurélien Simplice Zingas called for calm in a statement published the same day, according to Centra News.

According to the minister's account, the incident began with an out-of-school dispute over the telephone. A student involved allegedly sought help from acquaintances in his neighbourhood, who reportedly entered the school carrying weapons, according to the statement.

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